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Bundesliga, as a teenager in 2018 with Red Bull Salzburg, later jumping to Borussia Dortmund, and left a trail of flustered and frustrated defenders during his four years in the league. Haaland snagged the 2019 Austrian Footballer of the Year award, the 2020 Golden Boy Award, and the 2021 Champions League Forward of the Season. He also took Dortmund to the 2021 German Cup title, burying a pair of goals in the title match. FABULOUS FEET AND FEATS Leaving the record books in shambles with performances that are a joy to behold, Haaland reached the 50-goal mark in the Bundesliga in just 50 matches, becoming the youngest to pull off that feat. And along the way, he’s made tough-to-get hat tricks almost routine somehow, notching them with remarkable regularity. The devastating striker scored a hat trick in his Dortmund debut and punctuated his Champions League debut with one—in the first half!—becoming the first to ever do so in their first game in that competition, and then he followed that up with goals in his next four league matches to become the first teen to ever score in five straight Champions League contests. Big and strong—Haaland carries a sculpted 190 pounds on his 6-foot-3 frame—he has devastating sprinter-type speed, capable of gobbling up big chunks of real estate in a flash while putting defenders under duress and in distress. Too physical for defenders to move him off the ball, a marvelous manipulator of the ball in traffic in the box, and a lethal finisher with either foot, Haaland is the complete package. Leaving Germany for England, he joined Manchester City in the summer of 2022, a team he cheered for growing up. Erling Haaland is one of the game’s fiercest competitors and sensational scorers. Soccer fans around the world will be treated to his exciting, record-breaking exploits for many years to come.

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World Class Footballers: Erling Haaland